Exhaust-valve for internal-combustion engines.



No. 701,944. Patented lune lo, |902.V

J. SALTAR, 1R. EXHAUST VALVE F08 INTERNAL MBUSTIN ENGINES.

I (Application mea sept. 19, i900.)

Ulu Model.)

l UNITED .STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JoHN sALTAR, In., or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

EXHAUST-VALVE FOR INTERNAL-,COMBUSTION ENGINES...

SPECIFICATION forming` part of Letters Patent No. 701,944, dated June 1.0, 1902. Application filed September 19, 1900. Serial No. 30.464. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN SALTAR, .I r. a citizen of the United States, residing at Thirtythird and Walnut streets, in the city and county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain 'new anduseful Improvements in Exhaust-Valves yfor Internal-Combustion Engines, whereof theifollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

In said drawings, Figure l represent-s avertical central section through the exhaustchamber and exhaust valve of an engine with my invention applied thereto'. Fig. 2 is a similar section through the combustionchamber of an engine with my invention applied in a modified form. Fig.3 is a similar section showing a third modification.

In said drawings the adjacent parts of the combustion chamber and the controlling' mechanism for the exhaust-valve are not represented, since their construction and relation to the parts nowr under consideration are well understood.

It is wellvknown that the exhaust or discharge valves of internal-combustion engines are subject to excessive heats and great pressures and that in such valves of larger sizes the heating becomes so great as to be troublesome by causing p reignitions of charges and also undue wear upon the seat.4 Furthermore, in such large valves the 'strains upon the mechanism for operating them become too severe.

It is the object of my invention, first, to cool the valve sufficiently to prevent the troubles from excessive heat, and, secondly, to partially balance the valve, so that it may be more easily lifted from its seat against the internal pressure. I accomplish the result desired by placing an extension upon the head of the exhaust-valve and projecting this extension through the wall of the valve-casing or combustion-chamber, using suitable packing where passing through the Wall to prevent the escape of gases under pressure. The interior of this extension is more or less filled with a circulating cooling medium, which, coming in contact with the portion of the valve-head inclosed within the extension, carries oif the heat from that portion of the head which yet remains exposed to heated Furthermore, that portion of the valve-head which is covered by the extension is relieved from the pressure within the cylinder and subject only to atmospheric pressure, and in this manner by properly proportioning the diameter of theextension tothe diameter of the. valve itself I am enabled to partially balancel the valve'to any desired extent, it being selfevident that it is not Well to fully balance it, since a certain amount of pressure of the gases upon the head of the valve is desirable in order to hold it firmly upon its seat. For this reason I always make the extension less than the diameter of the valve itself.

In' some" forms of internal-combustion engines the exhaust-valve is situated Within the combustion-chamber proper, While in others it is formed within a supplement-al chamber connecting therewith', which is called the exhaust or discharge chamber. In the drawings I have illustrated my invention as applied to valves in both of these situations,and I have also illustrated dierent modifications of my invention in reference to means for securing the circulation of the cooling medium.

In Fig. 1 ,the valve is represented as situated within a supplemental exhaust-chainbe'r, the casing ofwhich alone is illustrated, no'part of'the combustion-chamber itself being seen. A represents the casing'of this exhaust-chamber, the casing being fitted with the usual water-space A'. The exhaust-valve is indicated at a and carries on its upper surface a cylindrical extension b,which passes out through a 'bushing g inthe top of the casing, and thus formsan extension-chamber, which iu this instance is entirely open to the atmosphere. The valve a, is provided with a ste'm B, whose upper portion is formed with a cylindrical cavity (indicated at e) communicating with the interior of the extensionchamber, the top of the stem rising somewhat above the bottom of the chamber, as shown. Below the valve a a transverse hole d is formed through the stem, aording discharge-'oriices from the central cavity therein, an outwardlyiiaring shield a' being placed around the stem below said oriices. The orifices d discharge into the exhaust-passage F, which leads from the valve a. The cooling medium, prefergases and also keeps c ool the extension itself. y

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ably water, is supplied through thepipc o, the` n supply being regulated in accordance with the requirements of the apparatus.

When the device is in operation, the incoming cold water being heavier than that which has become warm falls to the bottom of the extension-chamber, where the greatest exposure to heat exists. The body ofwater is maintained ata level determined by theheight of the internally-projecting hollow stem. At this point the water overflows into the cavity e and passing down is discharged through the orifices d, whence it escapes at the exhaustpassage F, the shield a preventing the leakage of water along the stem itself.

The upper portion of the extension-chamber does not always need the direct application of water, (being somewhat protected by its inclosure within the bushing-g and being also open to the atmosphere,) and hence the water-level may be limited,as above indicated.

In the type of apparatus shown in Fig. 2 the valve is situated at the end of the combustion-chamber. Consequently the extension of the valve projects through the casing of this chamber. A2 represents the watercooled casing of the combustion-chamber, and a2 the exhaust-valve. The downwardly-extending stem B2 is hollow and is provided with discharge-jets d2. In this instance the valvebody itself is made hollow, having an annular water-space dx, and is formed integrally with an upwardly-projecting cylindrical extension b2, projecting out through a bushing g2 in top of the casing. A hollow displacementcylinder c2 is mounted within the extensionchamber, so as to leave an annular interspace between the wall of-the displacementcylinder and the wall of the cylindrical eX- tension. W'ater-iulet pipes c2 c2 terminate within this interspace, said pipes uniting in a funnel-shaped inlet C2, to which water is supplied through the pipe CX. The displacement-cylinder e2 surrounds the inlet to the hollow valve-stem B2, and its height is in correspondence with the region throughout which it is desired to maintain the water in contact with the wall of the extension-chamber. The water which is discharged by the supply-pipe c2 directly within the hollow valve-body rises therefrom into the annular space around the displacement-cylinder and overflowing into the latter is discharged through the hollow valve-stem, escaping at the jets d2.

In the type of apparatus shown in Fig. 3, AE represents the casing of the combustionchamber, and F3 the exhaust. The exhaustvalve a3 is hollow, having an annular waterspace which communicates by an openingf3 with the interior of the hollow valve-stem B3. The cylindrical extension b3, formed integrally with the valve body, projects out through the bushing g3 and is provided with a downwaidly-depending lip eX. The top of the bushing is formed with a trough gx, which is overhung by the lip eX and which is provided with a discharge-jet cl3. A displacement-cylinder eis mounted within the extension-chamber, the walls of said cylinder being raised above those of the extension b3 and the top being preferably covered with a cap 7L, having a downwardly-depending rim or flange 7b3, which overhangs the lip eX. The hollow valve-stem B3 is closed at the top by a screw-plug bx, so that there is no communication between the interior of said stem and the displacement-cylinder. The lower portion of the stem BS below its guide-seat in the casing is connected with a water-supply pipe c3, which communicates with the hollow interior of the stem. The water admitted by said pipe rises through the hollow stem and flows through the opening]c3 into the interior vof the valve-body, thence rising in the annular space around the displacement-cylinder e3 to the top of the extension-chamber, where it overflows at the lip eX into the trough gX `and is discharged from said trough by the jet cl3.

In the following claim by the wort casing I mean the casing of either the combustion-chamber or the exhaust-valve chamber, according to the situation of the Valve.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- In an internal-combustion engine, the combination of an exhaust-Valve; a casing; a cylindrical extension-chamber mounted on the valve and projecting through the casing, said extension-chamber being open to the atmosphere; a hollow valve-stem whose interior communicates with the interior of the extension-chamber; means for supplying Water to one end of the conduit formed by the extension-chamber and the hollow valve-stem; and means for discharging water at the other end of said conduit, whereby a direct passage of water through said conduit in one direction only is eltected, substantially as set forth.

JOHN SALTAR, JR.

Witnesses:

JAMES II. BELL, E.

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